One-piece binder and car stake



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Patented Apr. 7, 1931 i I 9 r s 1 [UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE i lWILLIAM 'r. momma wasni veron I I oivs-rmcnjnrnnna arm can srAxnnpplication fileuoctober 1, 1929." s rial No,i3$6, 463.

The loading of poles vand timbers upon of my invention, in addition tothose already railroad" flat cars for-transportation, espe stated, areto makesuch'lo-adese'curing means cially poles of length greater thancan be cheaply and conveniently, and preferably carried upon asingle-fiat car, has been alfrom otherwisewaste products, or products 5ways a source of considerable annoyance and of slight value, such asused railroad rails. 5

no little danger. lat cars are provided, or- Among other objectsrelating to details of dinarily, with sockets at each side,-into which amy invention are to, provide extension means are customarilyfittedstakes of stout timber to permit higher piling of the load than toretain the load, and to strengthen the upwould be normally permitted bythe main per: ends of the: stakes they are ordinarily load binder andstake, or other styles of bound acrossand through the load, with light.stakes, to provide means for cross binding of cables or strong wires.This serves, also, to the load, and to provide, simple means forinholdthe load more firmly in place: Suring that the load binder andstake will Such timbers frequently break, permit properly'retain. itsposition upon the car, or

ting the load to roll ofi the side of the car, or upon the bunks whichmay be employed to 5 to become so loose that the train must be" elevateit and the load above the car deck. stopped until the car or cars arereloaded, My invention comprises the'novel load causing delayandincon'yenience, and should lldcl and'stake,the novel associationthere the load be lost from the carthere is grave of with a carandwith'a timber bunk, and in -26 danger of damage to the train itself,or to general the novel load-securing means for adjacent objectsorpersons. g 7 j 9; as sh in the accompanying drawv For safetys sake ithas been customary mgs, described in the specification, and as Willemploy two such stakes, at least, adjacent be pa a ly pointed out in theeach endofaload of poles, but especially swhlch tclmlnate the same.

where these poles are of such length that they 111 h p ying drawings Ihave must be loaded upon two-connected cars-the Sh WII my Invention i aPreferred or em loy nt of tw takes has dd d a f r gether with a modifiedform, and, in associather problem, that of pivoting the. poles'intlonwith conven i n cars and bunks. going about curves. The pivoting ofthe poles g 1 1S g e s e elevation 0f p r ac. relativeto the" two stakesserves to wrench of three cars ina train, showing the, manner oneorthe'otherofthe stakes from its socket, of supporting sucha load aslong poles there or to'break it, thus leaving the'load depend+ upon, bymeans'of my invention. 1 ing solely upon one stake, as before. Further-.Flgure 2 is an end view of a car deck, with more, since-:these stakescanbe secured only invention secured thereupon, and shown at in thesockets provided at, the side-of the car in position to retain a load.

deck, and since it is not practicable to pro- Figure 3 is a sideelevationjof my invention" vide sockets inside of the margin of the earin'placeand in operation, a part being broken deck, the overhang oflongpoles resting upon away. 7 7 two cars presentsa further danger, thatthe Figure 4 isa section transversely through 4c middle portions'Ofthese polescwill side-swipe my load binder and stake, and; associatedobjects as the train passes about sharp curves, parts of the bunk andload-supporting tim The result has been that the transport tion 0 bers.1 I V such poles, and their loading, is more-expen- Figure 5 is adetailsection through one side sive than iseconomically desirable. of mydevice, illustrating the means for semeans for securing such loads onflat cars, Figures 6 and 7 are views of one corner, of

with ease and rapidity, with certain safety, a, slightly modified formof my invention,

, and in such manner as toeliminatedanger of showing the manner ofmanufacturing the breakage of stakes, and of side-swiping in same. i i I1 59 passing about curves, and among the objects In and ofthemselves therailroad cars form;

no part of my invention, and any type of flat car may be used. Forclearness of illustration, the flat car is shown in Figure 1 ascomprising the sills 10, the trucks 11, couplings 12, deck 1, and stakesockets 13 at either side. The latter have no purpose whatever inassociation with my invention.

It may be assumed that the poles P which constitute the load are ofgreater length than can be loaded upon one such flat car, though myinvention will be of utility also when the poles or timbers are of suchlength as may be loaded upon a single flat car. "In the latter case, twoof my load-securingmeans would-be employed, one at each end of the car,but as illustrated there is one'only provided upon each of twoadjoining'connected.cars; This load securing means consists of a rigid Ushaped frame, the uprights 2 being connected at their lower'ends by thecross member '20. Iprefer that these frames 2, 20' be formed of heavymetal bars or steel sections, and as used or'worn railroad rails areavailable in considerable quantities, I prefer that these frames be madeby bending a railroad rail at two points, as'indicated at 21.(see-Figure 2),

which are spaced less than the-width of the'cai'i deck, therebyproviding the uprights 2 and.

the connecting bottom bar 20' all in one piece. The bending, in suchcase, would be'in the plane of the web of the rail,- and preferably withits flanges 22 outermost; The heavy heads 23 then serve to engagethepoles P, at

least at theirsides, and serve assingle points or edges about -whichthepoles may pivot in going about curves, without 'cuttinginto the 1 Theflanges 22 offer a means by which the U-shaped frame thus formed may besecured upon the car, and while it may besecured directly .to the cardeck 1, I prefer to employ timber bunks, as indicated at 3, which aresuitably secured transversely of the car deck, as bythe sp'ikes31,andtothese transversely extending bunks 3the-;bottom bar 20 of theUshaped frame may be spiked, as indicated by the spikes'2 i. To insurethat the frames will not move transversely, relative to the bunk andcar, the bottom web may be notched or otherwise cut out, as indicated at25, and the'spikes 24 will be received in these notches,

thus effectively preventing sidewise movement of the frame.

Since there would be some tendency for the headof the bottom bar 20 ofthe frame to cut into the poles, with a considerable load above them, Imay secure in place timbers 35 upon the top of the 'bunkf3,-'or atallevents reaching. above the top surface of the rail forming the crossbar 20 of the frame; as may beseen in Figure 4. These timbers 85 wouldbe ordinarily secured to the bunk 3 by some such means as the spikes 36.These timbers carry the weight of the load. I

Since it"is desirable that-the'load bersecured by binding through fromone side to the other, I may pierce the web in the uprights 2 of theframe at intervals, and as is indicated at 26, and through these holesmay be passed or secured cables or wires 4, which bind the loadtogether. It must be kept in mind, however, that the rigidity .andstifiness of the'frame describedis sufficient to retain the load withoutsuch binding. However, for additional binding of the load together, Imay employ's'takes 5,-one at either side of the load, connected throughby binding wires 50. 'Thes estakes, it will be observed, are whollyfree, and supported solely from the load itself, and are not connectedto the car. They maybe placed atintervals along the length of the load,wherever required;

and binding wires 40 may extend entirely about the load at intervals,as, for instance, atr

the ends. r e

To enable loads to be piled higherfthan' "the may-:be perforated 'atintervals, as indicatedat 60, and corresponding holes may bepr'o-' videdin the web ofthe frame members 2,at

their upper ends, so that asingle bolt 61,; passed through the Web andthroughnthe holes in the bar 6, will efiectively support these extensionbars projecting abovethe ends of the frame. Additional bolts-may, ofcourse, be employed, and theholes 60 may be 7 employed for thesecurement of additional, @binder wires 4. t

Instead of bending the rail, as indicatedat 21, the frame may be formedbyf'cuttin a notch from the upper portion of 'therai' as indicated at 29in Figure 6. The rail may:

be then bent reasonably sharply upon its :bottom flange 22, and theedges-of the notch 29 joinedby welding, as indicatedat' 28 ingFig-p Theseveral p in fact, be

formed separately, and rigidly"secured together, but I'prefer'that theybe formed integral, and preferably "bent, as indicated "in" connectionwith Figure 2 and others.

What I claim as myinvention is z" I 1. In combination with a flat-c ar,aload binder and stake extending transversely thereof and comprising arigid U-shaped frame, the uprights being disposed inwardly of the sideedges of the car deck, and means for securing the cross member of saidframe. to the car.

2. A load binder and stake for the purpose. specified, comprising a;.webbed. and flanged metal barformed inU-shape, with. the web lying inthe plane of the frame thus formed, and extension bars lying between theflanges and against the webs at the upper ends of the upright arms, anda bolt passing through said ektension bars and webs to sei cure theformer in an adjustedposition.

3. Load-securing means for flat cars comprising, in combination with twoconnected flat cars, a load binder and stake for holding poles uponflat-cars, comprising a rigid U-shaped frame secured transversely uponeach car, said frame beingbentat two points spaced by less than thewidth of the car deck to which it is to be secured, whereby the poles,midway between the frames, will remain substantially within the confinesof th cars in passing about curves. H

4. In combination with a timber bunk, a load binder and stake comprisinga railroad rail bent with its bottom flanges outermost at two spacedpoints to form a U-shaped frame, and spikes securing the web of thebottom portion of said frame to said bunk.

5. In combination with a timber bunk adapted to be secured upon aflat-car deck, a load binder and stake comprising a railroad rail bentat two spaced points with its bot tom flanges outermost toform aU-shaped frame, the bottom flanges in the'cross member of said framebeing notched at intervals,

and spikes received in said notches and securing the frame to said bunk.Signed at Everett, Washington, this 23rd day of September, 1929.

WILLIAM T. KNOWLES.

